malaria
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1. an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever (noun.state)
| hyponym | : | blackwater fever, |
| definition | : | severe and often fatal malaria characterized by kidney damage resulting in dark urine (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | jungle fever, |
| definition | : | severe form of malaria occurring in tropical regions (noun.state) |
| part holonym | : | ague, chills and fever, |
| definition | : | successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | malarial, |
| definition | : | of or infected by or resembling malaria (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | malarial, |
| definition | : | of or infected by or resembling malaria (adj.pert) |
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